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3-2 physics and engineering programs



Hi All:

We are considering the possibility of starting a 3-2
physics-engineering program.

For background information: Weber State University (Ogden, Utah) has a
vocational technical program (essentially a 4-year technician degree)
but no engineering college. The two nearby research I institutions are
each located about 40 to 50 miles away and both have extensive
engineering programs. There is also a large private university (BYU, ~70
miles away) with a solid engineering school. Here at Weber, we currently
have three versions of the physics major: regular, applied and
teaching.

My questions for the members of PHYS-L:

1. Are there any national standards or guidelines for 3-2 programs by
organizations such as IEEE, APS, AIP or AAPT?

2. Have you recently started such a program and if so how did you
approach the engineering schools that you are working with?

3. For the 3-2 program(s) that you might be familiar with, are there
any particular things that worked or didn't work well that you would
like to change?

4. Has the program been of any value to your department? If you were to
start over, would you do it again?

5. Are there any "model" programs that we should consider as a template
to base our program on?

Thanks!

John

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John E. Sohl, Ph.D., Professor of Physics
Weber State University, 2508 University Circle
Ogden, UT 84408-2508
voice: (801) 626-7907, fax: (801) 626-7445
e-mail: jsohl@weber.edu
web: http://physics.weber.edu/sohl/